By Reuters  July 24, 2023 | 07:48 am GMT+7 The logo of Mercedes-Benz is seen outside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer in Brussels, Belgium June 1, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Yves Herman Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) is making China, the world’s top auto market, central to its next electric vehicle (EV) campaign starting in 2025, its CEO told German magazine Automobilwoche. “To do this, we must master electric propulsion just as perfectly as digitalization. That’s what our customers expect,” Ola Kaellenius was quoted as saying.From 2025, all of Mercedes-Benz’s new vehicle platforms will only make EVs under a strategy the German luxury automaker outlined…
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By Reuters  July 24, 2023 | 07:45am GMT+7 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has recaptured half the territory that Russia initially seized in its attacks, Kyiv faced “a very hard fight” to win back more. “It’s already taken back about 50% of what was initially seized,” Blinken said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.”These are still relatively early days of the counteroffensive. It is tough,” he said, adding: “It will not play…
July 24, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 I heard that eating too much watermelon may result in an increase in body temperature and cause canker sores. Do you think that is true, doctor? (Thu, 29, Nam Dinh) Answer:Watermelon helps cool the body, quench thirst, as well as treat heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Because of that, eating watermelon in the summer brings many health benefits. Children, the elderly, and people who have immunodeficiency can all consume the fruit. Watermelon helps cool the body, quench thirst, as well as treat heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Photo illustration by Pexels The main…
The couple divorced when their daughter was three years old. The court gave her custody of the child and ordered him to pay child support.”But I have to call and text to remind him every month; it feels like I’m begging for his money,” Diep, 32, from Hanoi, said.Her salary as a contract teacher is barely enough for them to get by, and so the VND2 million is a big amount for Diep and her daughter.The court had said he has to pay on the 15th of every month, but he only does so at the end of the month,…
By Reuters  July 23, 2023 | 04:20pm GMT+7 Emergency services vehicles are parked outside the shopping mall Vremena Goda (The Seasons) following the burst of a pipe carrying boiling hot water in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Alexander Paramoshin Four people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, officials said. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some of those injured had suffered burns, and that emergency services were working on the scene.Russian news agencies quoted investigators as saying that there had been no ammonia leak at the…
By AFP  July 23, 2023 | 01:47pm GMT+7 In this handout photograph released by India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and taken on July 23, 2023, NDRF personnel search for victims at the site of a landslide at Irshalwadi village of Raigad district in Maharashtra state. Photo handed out via AFP The death toll from a massive landslide in India’s Maharashtra state jumped to 27 on Sunday, with at least 50 people still missing as rescue teams struggle in lashing rain, officials said. The landslide was triggered by monsoon rains on Thursday, smashing into a village in Raigad district, a…
By Reuters  July 23, 2023 | 10:26am GMT+7 Laborers work next to electricity pylons in Mumbai, India, October 13, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas The Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to curb global warming even as extreme weather from China to the United States underlines the climate crisis facing the world.The G20 member countries together account for over three-quarters of global emissions and gross domestic product, and a…
By AFP  July 23, 2023 | 09:35am GMT+7 Many are now looking to Hun Manet, educated in the United States and Britain, wondering if a change in leadership might bring change to the country. Photo by AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy Cambodians voted Sunday in an election that longtime leader Hun Sen is all but guaranteed to win. His Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is likely to retain all 125 seats in the lower house.Hun Sen cast his ballot in the capital Phnom Penh shortly after polling stations opened at 7:00 am (0000 GMT), according to AFP journalists at the scene.More than 9.7…
Ngoc, 22, stirred controversy after Miss World Vietnam contest organizer revealed Thursday the three gowns that will be given by Miss World Vietnam 2022 winner and two runners-up during the contest final night on Saturday.Many have accused Ngoc of receiving special treatment, including having a dress that is more outstanding compared to that of Phuong, 24, despite her being the runner-up while Phuong is the winner of last year’s contest.The controversy heated up as many said this is not the first time Ngoc’s outfit has appeared more eye-catching than Phuong’s.Public opinions varied as some suggested that Ngoc should appear in…
She also won two sub-categories in the show, including the “Fan Favorite” award for her “Shut Up and Dance” song, which she performed with Ella and former contestant Meng Jia in a previous season of the show, and the “Overcoming Challenges” award.Her performance earned Chi Pu a position as part of the 11-member girl group that will debut and be active in the Chinese entertainment industry after the show. Chi Pu performs on “Sisters Who Make Waves.” Photo from Chi Pu’s Instagram Others in the top 11 include Taiwanese pop singer Ella, Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Amber, Japanese pop singer Maria, Chinese…